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Near Nantes: new shots fired in the night in Saint-Herblain

2023-05-19T15:57:54.374Z

Highlights: The day after the death of a young man shot dead in Saint-Herblain, thirteen bullet holes were discovered by investigators at a building in the same town. After three episodes of gunfire Wednesday around Nantes, the agglomeration was again the scene of shooting in the night from Thursday to Friday, around 2am. A little more than 24 hours before, at the Neruda tram stop, a man in his twenties had lost his life, after being targeted by three shots, including one in the chest.


The day after the death of a young man shot dead in Saint-Herblain, thirteen bullet holes were discovered by investigators at a building in the same town.


Le Figaro Nantes

The sequence does not seem to stop. After three episodes of gunfire Wednesday around Nantes, the agglomeration was again the scene of shooting in the night from Thursday to Friday, around 2am. According to information from Presse Océan, confirmed to Le Figaro by a police source, thirteen bullet holes were found on the facade of a building and at the front door. No injuries were identified. An investigation is opened.

The findings were made at 9 rue de Morlaix, in Saint-Herblain, on the outskirts of Nantes. A little more than 24 hours before, a kilometer away, at the Neruda tram stop, a young man in his twenties had lost his life, after being targeted by three shots, including one in the chest.

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In connection with drug trafficking?

"It is not possible to indicate in the current state whether these episodes, or part of them, are related to drug trafficking, although this hypothesis is naturally already worked by investigators," said Renaud Gaudeul, the prosecutor of the Republic of Nantes, in a statement also mentioning shots fired Wednesday afternoon in Saint-Herblain, No report of injury despite traces of blood. On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, gunfire had also broken out after a brawl between occupants of two vehicles, at the Total service station, located in Bouguenais, on the border of Nantes.

Source: lefigaro

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